McSorley's Back Room

John Sloan

1916 · Etching; first state of three · Drawings and Prints

Portrait of John McSorley and two friends at McSorley's Old House and Home. McSorley died before Sloan ever visited the bar – the print is based on a memory told by his son of his father always sitting there in the sun, see: Morse 1969, p. 207. For alternate impression see: 26.30.54

Artist

John Sloan

Date

1916

Medium

Etching; first state of three

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Ernest Shapiro and Family, 1995